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Todd's 100 (Or So) Favorite Books of Poetry Written in the 21st Century

Like I said in the last one, I've read a lot more books from the 21st century than I'd thought. Fiction's up next. Happy reading!
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Long Way Down (Jason Raynolds)
Long Way Down
1
Jason Raynolds
Night Sky With Exit Wounds (Ocean Vuong)
Night Sky With Exit Wounds
2
Ocean Vuong
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth (Warsan Shire)
Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
3
Warsan Shire
Postcolonial Love Poem (Natalie Diaz)
Postcolonial Love Poem
4
Natalie Diaz
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin (Terrance Hayes)
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
5
Terrance Hayes
The Tradition (Jericho Brown)
The Tradition
6
Jericho Brown
Blue Horses (Mary Oliver)
Blue Horses
7
Mary Oliver
Dog Songs (Mary Oliver)
Dog Songs
8
Mary Oliver
The Carrying (Ada Limón)
The Carrying
9
Ada Limón
Faithful and Virtuous Night (Louise Glück)
Faithful and Virtuous Night
10
Louise Glück
Averno (Louise Glück)
Averno
11
Louise Glück
White Egrets (Derek Walcott)
White Egrets
12
Derek Walcott
The Hurting Kind: Poems (Ada Limón)
The Hurting Kind: Poems
13
Ada Limón
The World Keeps Ending and the World Goes on (Franny Choi)
The World Keeps Ending and the World Goes On
14
Franny Choi
Wade in the Water (Tracy K. Smith)
Wade in the Water
15
Tracy K. Smith
Voyage of the Sable Venus (Robin Coste Lewis)
Voyage of the Sable Venus
16
Robin Coste Lewis
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers (Fred Rogers)
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers
17
Fred Rogers
The Shadow of Sirius (W.S. Merwin)
The Shadow of Sirius
18
W.S. Merwin
Thirst (Mary Oliver)
Thirst
19
Mary Oliver
Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart (Alice Walker)
Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart
20
Alice Walker
The Seven Ages (Louise Gluck)
The Seven Ages
21
Louise Gluck
Blessing the Boats (Lucille Clifton)
Blessing the Boats
22
Lucille Clifton
Digest (Gregory Pardio)
Digest
23
Gregory Pardio
Refusing Heaven (Jack Gilbert)
Refusing Heaven
24
Jack Gilbert
The People Look Like Flowers at Last (Charles Bukowksi)
The People Look Like Flowers at Last
25
Charles Bukowksi
Ballistics: Poems (Billy Collins)
Ballistics: Poems
26
Billy Collins
Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda Poems (Pablo Neruda)
Then Come Back: The Lost Neruda Poems
27
Pablo Neruda
At Blackwater Pond (Mary Oliver)
At Blackwater Pond
28
Mary Oliver
Engine Empire (Cathy Park Hong)
Engine Empire
29
Cathy Park Hong
Tell Me (Kim Addonizio)
Tell Me
30
Kim Addonizio
Blue Iris: Poems and Essays (Mary Oliver)
Blue Iris: Poems and Essays
31
Mary Oliver
Electric Light (Seamus Heaney)
Electric Light
32
Seamus Heaney
40 Sonnets (Don Paterson)
40 Sonnets
33
Don Paterson
Baseball Haiku (Cor Van Den Heuvel)
Baseball Haiku
34
Cor Van Den Heuvel
Claw the System (Francesco Marciuliano)
Claw the System
35
Francesco Marciuliano
I Do Everything I'm Told (Megan Fernandes)
I Do Everything I'm Told
36
Megan Fernandes
Map: Collected and Last Poems (Wisława Szymborska)
Map: Collected and Last Poems
37
Wisława Szymborska
The Tiny Journalist (Naomi Shihab Nye)
The Tiny Journalist
38
Naomi Shihab Nye
Duende (Tracy K. Smith)
Duende
39
Tracy K. Smith
Mezzanine: Poems (Zoe Hitzig)
Mezzanine: Poems
40
Zoe Hitzig
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